Bundaberg TAKE 2

Another trip to Bundaberg......Kevin's Mum is over from England, so we have been away for a few nights to have a holiday.

You can't beat these Queensland blue skies.

Above is our 'villa', a small little hut where slept for a few days and the girls enjoyed their 'loft sleep' experience.

Our reason for travelling back to Bundaberg this time was because it's Turtle season. Here you will see a femail turtle in the sand having come up the beach to the dunes to lay her eggs. This was an amazing sight. We went on an organised tour to see experience this wonderful act of nature.

On our way home from Bundaberg we stopped in Maryborough, the home of the author of the book 'Mary Poppins'.

Christmas is here again!

It comes round so quick!! Kevin was on nights this year, so we had present opening after he arrived home from work about 8am. Here Grace shows off some writing paper she has just unwrapped.

Once Kevin had slept off his night shift whilst us girls went to church, we spent the afternoon with some dear friends. Here you will see the feast we had. Beautiful!!

Our friends always make such a wonderful effort, the decorations were fabulous as always.

Here, Anna is unwrapping her Nintendo DSi

Kevin poses in his Pjs before he goes off for his sleep

Ann is delighted with Mario Karts for the Wii!

Happy Birthday Anna!

Yesterday Anna turned 10 and celebrated with a groups of friends at a bowling party. SpongeBob was the theme. Our good friend Lorraine made a wonderful SpongeBob Squarepants cake and Anna blew out 10 candles.

Anna goes for a strike

Here is Anna in her birthday hat (thanks IKEA!)

holiday highlight

It was only a few weeks ago that I discovered I had a family member living here in Australia. My father's brother's daughter (ie a cousin of my Dad). It was an absolute pleasure to meet Maureen and her husband Tony today whilst here in Victoria. We had a beautiful lunch at a local hotel in Geelong.

Grace is impressed with her 'frog in the pond' dessert

Anna shows off her dessert.

Me, Kevin and the girls with Maureen and Tony.

More of Victoria

Cape Otway lighthouse

Teddy's lookout

Warrnambool

London Bridge

Port Campbell

The Great Ocean Road

After moving house twice in the last year, we felt the need for some more travel, rest and relaxation...this time our destination was Victoria and we drove The Great Ocean Rd. It was a spectacular drive with some beautiful coastal scenery. The only down side was, it was very cold!!! It felt like being back in England during autumn/winter. It still amazes me, despite having lived here for almost four years what a huge country Australia is and that is why it was so cold down South!! I guess it is only just the start of Spring, and Spring in Brisbane is often better than British summertime! In Victoria, being that much further away, it was still winter as far as I was concerned, and their winters are much cooler than Brisbane ones!

The Twelve Apostles

More Apostles

us on a rainforest walk

Dance Fever 2009

The year soon comes round again. It doesn't feel that long ago that the girls were dancing the night away with their school pals at their annual dance challenge. This year, both Grace and Anna has to dance with girls due to a big lack of boys in the upper school (they have all moved on to boys schools!) Grace and Larissa did very well this year and made the finals for the waltz, they looked stunning (and so very grown up too!)

Here, Anna and Jessie strut their stuff in matching dresses. They made the finals for the Mumbo watched by their very proud Mum's.

Here, the professionals show them a fantastic bit of Dance Fever.